The issue isn't Cisco per se. They don't administer the network, they just created whatever backend software the school uses. I also talked to the tech guy who, very coolly - politely, basically said what I was doing was technically hacking. It is, but I don't think it violates usage policies. In any event, I appear to still be blocked so I'll try again tomorrow morning.
Opera 5 seems to support various SSL protocols. However, it also appears to be able to spoof - I don't know if that's exactly the right term - other browsers. So I believe it was representing itself as IE 5 when the redirect occurred (whereas IE 4, the actual browser, could not redirect). So I think what I have to try is using Opera 'as Opera.' However, I have no guarantee that will work.
The network itself has no encryption; but the tech dude wouldn't tell me exactly what protocols (or whatever) need to be supported, because that would violate policy - he said. In general I think he thought this was pretty funny. I don't care so much for the 5300, but I'm pretty sure the 3400 will have an identical problem except that (assuming it works) I will have 32 mb of RAM and can thus use OS 9 - though I don't know that there's a benefit to that (for typing and using the internet). Honestly I stopped using Macs around 1999 - just before OS 9 was released [although I think my iMac may have come with OS 9] so I'm not very familiar with it.
Opera 5 seems to support various SSL protocols. However, it also appears to be able to spoof - I don't know if that's exactly the right term - other browsers. So I believe it was representing itself as IE 5 when the redirect occurred (whereas IE 4, the actual browser, could not redirect). So I think what I have to try is using Opera 'as Opera.' However, I have no guarantee that will work.
The network itself has no encryption; but the tech dude wouldn't tell me exactly what protocols (or whatever) need to be supported, because that would violate policy - he said. In general I think he thought this was pretty funny. I don't care so much for the 5300, but I'm pretty sure the 3400 will have an identical problem except that (assuming it works) I will have 32 mb of RAM and can thus use OS 9 - though I don't know that there's a benefit to that (for typing and using the internet). Honestly I stopped using Macs around 1999 - just before OS 9 was released [although I think my iMac may have come with OS 9] so I'm not very familiar with it.